ruby onyinyechi amanze and Wura-Natasha Ogunji: you are so loved and lovely

Fridman Gallery is honored to present you are so loved and lovely, an exhibition of works in dialog by ruby onyinyechi amanze and Wura-Natasha Ogunji. The exhibition features new large-scale drawings and paintings, and a selection of small works created early in the artists' careers. The artists will give a talk and performance, Pas de Deux, on September 8 at 4pm.

Since meeting in 2012 in Nigeria, amanze and Ogunji have engaged in an ongoing artistic exchange of writings, performances, conversations and shows in shared spaces. In addition to artworks, you are so loved and lovely includes excerpts from Drawing Memoir, a collection of written correspondences that chronicle the questions, quandaries, experiments and discoveries made in the artists' studios and beyond.

The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalog with an essay by Emmanuel Iduma.